From her debut movie 'Vennira Adai'. Though a reluctant actor, she gave her best every time she faced the camera.
Jayalalithaa after her arrest on corruption charges in Chennai on December 7, 1996. After she lost the election in May that year, one case after another was filed against her, and she said that the period was among the most traumatic in her life.
Being feted by farmers in Madurai on August 22, 2014, for securing the rights of the State on the Mullaperiyar Dam issue.
With Surjit Singh Barnala, A.B.Vajpayee,L.K.Advani, Mamata Banerjee, S.Ramadoss and Nitish Kumar in New Delhi in 1998.
Jayalalithaa performing puja, along with Sasikala, before taking a dip at the Mahamaham tank in Kumbakonam on February 18, 1992. The visit did not end on a happy note as over 50 persons were killed in a stampede.
Rajya Sabha member Jayalalithaa with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in New Delhi on April 21, 1984. Jayalalithaa's maiden dream at the Rajya Sabha had drawn much praise, and even had the PM impressed.
Jayalalithaa sprinkling scented water on the body of AIADMK founder M.G.Ramachandran as it lay in state in Chennai on December 24, 1987. She refused to budge from the spot till the body was taken away for cremation.
Everyone, from elders to newborns, came under the welfare net of Jayalalithaa's government. Here, she distributes a shawl to an elderly woman, on her way to Salem on March 6, 1993.
Along with Badaga folk dancers in the Nilgiris on May 17, 1992.Then Nilgiris Collector Sheela Nair Chunkath is behind her.